Two charged in separate road rage cases

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Two Clarksville men have been charged with aggravated assault in separate road rage incidents over the weekend.

In one case, a suspect is accused of pointing a gun at four victims. In the other, a man is accused of ramming his car into another on Interstate 24.

Man held on $500,00 bond

On Friday Montgomery County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a call at the intersection of Peachers Mill Road and State Route 374.

Two adult victims told police that someone pointed a pistol at them after a rage road incident. There were also two children in their vehicle.

A short time later, a deputy stopped a vehicle driven by Obed Llanos, 24, and found a black pistol.

Llanos was charged with four counts of aggravated assault. He also had an outstanding warrant charging him with aggravated assault in another road rage incident on Nov. 1.

In that case, a victim reported that while driving on Trenton Road, another driver passed him in a turning lane, then slowed down and began hitting his brakes.

The victim said the other driver began waving a gun and pointed it at him.

He picked Llanos out of a photo lineup, according to an arrest warrant.

Obed Llanos(Photo: MCSO)

Llanos is charged with five cases of aggravated assault in all.

Llano, who gave a Flat Rock Road address, was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on $500,000 bond.

Incident on I-24

Late Sunday night, Clarksville Police were called to a minor wreck on I-24 near the Tennessee and Kentucky state line.

A couple told an officer that they were traveling west in the left lane when a blue Chrysler 300 began tailgating them and then passed them and another vehicle on the right shoulder of the road.

They said the vehicle then crossed back onto the road in front of them and began "break checking" them, according to an arrest warrant.

The victims said the other driver swerved toward their vehicle several times and attempted to force them into the path of a semi.

The driver of the Chrysler 300 then deliberately crashed into the rear of their vehicle between Exit 4 and Exit 1, according to an arrest warrant.

The couple pulled onto the shoulder of the interstate, but the vehicle kept going.

They provided a license plate number for the suspect and described the vehicle.

There was minor damage to their vehicle.

An officer went to a home on Connemara Way home and saw a blue Chrysler 300 with damage to its front end.

The owner, Joseph Amabile, 33, told deputies that his vehicle was damaged after he hit something on I-24 at Exit 1, but he was not sure what he hit. He also said another vehicle had cut him off near Exit 8, but he drove home without incident.

Amabile was charged with aggravated assault.

Joseph Amabile(Photo: MCSO)

Amabile, who gave a Connemara Way address, was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on $25,000 bond.

Reach reporter Stephanie Ingersoll at 931-245-0267 and on Twitter@StephLeaf.